Attachment for cigar-machines.



` No. 665,577. Patented Jan.' I, |90I. T. E. CARPENTER.

ATTACHMENT FR CIGAR MACHINES.

(Application filed 9ct. 10, 1900.-

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ATTACHMENTFOB CIGAB HADIIINES.

(Application led Dct. 10, 1900.) I (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

, FHoTaLITN UNITED STATES THOMAS E. CARPENTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR CIGAR-MACHINES.

sPEcrFIcTIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,177, dated January'1, 1901.

Application led October 10, 1900. Serial No. 32,637. (No model.)

To @LZZ whom' t may concern.:

Be it known that vI, THOMAS E. CARPENTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Cigar-Machines, of which the following is aspecification', reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a View of a cigar-machine having my improvement thereon. Inthis figure the machine is shown partly in front elevation and partly invertical longitudinal section on the axial line of the upper mainroller. Fig. 2 shows in section on said line one of the co'nicalrollers, the cap and part of the upper main roller, and in elevation theball-joint, the end of the supporting-finger on which the end of theconical roller is mounted, and also the yielding seat-block, which aidsin the formation of the pointed end of the cigar. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of said seat-block and the spring on which the same issupported in position. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the ends of the twolower main rollers and their companion conical rollers, the bracketsupporting the ends of said conical rollers, and the yielding seat-blockin position between and beneath said conical rollers. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of said cigar-machine. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of thesame.

My invention is a device adapted to form the pointed end of the cigarand is shown as applied to the improved cigar-machine described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 639,663, granted to me December 19,1899.

Said invention consists of the novel construction and combination of theseveral elements, as hereinafter particularly described, and as setforth in the claims.

Iwill describe so much of my said patented machine as will renderintelligible the construction and operation of the devices which Themain rollers have companion conical roll` vers H H H", respectively.Each of these conical rollers is concaved and fluted and made with anaxially-directed screw-threaded bore in its larger end to receive thescrew-threaded stem F of the ball E and also with a socket iu thesmaller end. The conical rollers H H", which are companions of the mainrollers O and D, are mounted at their smaller ends by the socketstherein upon the brackets I, and the conical roller H, which is thecompanion of the top main roller B, is mounted at its smaller end by thesocket therein u'pon the bent-up end of the finger J, which is supportedon the end of the rod K. The standard A has a curved slot (see Fig. 6)inwhich the journal of the roller B is mounted and movable, and a handleM, having its lower end bifurcated to embrace the roller'B in acircumferential groove thereof, as shown in Fig.

ywhich is fastened to said handle) out of the position which said rollerB normally has to allow the cigar-bunch to be placed upon the lowerrollers C and D, and then the roller B is returned to its operativeposition by means of the handle M.

The driving-shaft of the machine is shown at N and has a gearO thereon.Each of the main rollers has a gear on the end of its journal engagingwith said gear O, as seen at P, Q, and R. On the shaft N is a fixedclutch member S and a spiral spring T. Av pulley U, which is driven by abelt V, has a clutch member W attached thereto; but said pulley and itsclutch member are loose upon said shaft. ed in a support X. When thepulley U and its clutch member W are slid along the shaft N by a handleor shipper, (not shown,) the clutch members S and W engage, whereuponthe driving-shaft is rotated by the power of the belt V, and the rollersB C D HH H" are revolved by reason of the engagement of the gears O, P,Q, and R. When the handle or shipper is moved in the opposite direction,the spiral spring T separates the clutch members S and W and the machinestops its op- The outer end of the shaftN is mount-` IOO eration.l Uponthis machine so operated I place under the top conical roller H (seeFigs. l and 2) and between the lower conical rollers H H (see Fig. l)ayielding seat-block a, (shown in perspective in Fig. 3,) adapted toreceive the lower portion of the bent finger J, as illustrated in Figs.l and 2. This yielding seat-block is curved and tapering in form and hasat its upper smaller end a concaved seat with its sides upturned, asseen in Fig. It is supported upon the end of a spring b, to one end ofwhich it is attached by the screw c, and the other end of the spring isheld upon the standard or end of the machine by the bracket I andclamping-screw d. As shown in Figs. l and 2, the outer smaller end ofthe upper conical roller-H abuts the inner edge of the concave seattofsaid block a. When the cigar-bunch has been properly formed between thesaid rollers B C D and their companion conical rollers by the rotationof said rollers, a leaf-wrapper is wound thereon,being laid angularlyupon the table r and started to cover the pointed end of the cigar andthereafter wound angularly on the cigar-bunch to the opposite end of thesaine. The edge of said wrapper at the point of contact of the conicalroller H and the yielding block a (see Fig. 2) is turned inwardly, andthe first fold of the wrapper passing over said turned-in end binds thesame in position, thus forming a smooth covered end at the point of thecigar. The spring b keeps the block a, snugly in contact with thesmaller end of the conical roller H. The roller H when swinging into itsoperative position' slips its said end over the lip s into the concaveseat t, but is held against further movement in said direction by theupward extension u, all as shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 3. Anynnevenness or irregular bunching of the filling which might deflect ortend to spring the roller H out of its true working position against thetension of the springrod K is compensated for by the action of thespring b, which causes the block a to follow up said roller H andcompels the constant seating of the end of said roller in the seatt ofsaid block, thus insuring the proper covering of the smaller end of thecigar-bunch by the leaf-wrapper.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatentl. In a cigar-machine, the combination of three rollers withconverging ends, one of said rollers being located midway between theother two rollers but in a higher plane, a properly-mountedspring-finger whose lower extremity is bent and forms asupport for saidupper roller, two fixed brackets or supports on which, respectively,said two lower rollers are mounted, a spring fastened at one end to afixed support and a block mounted on the free end of said spring andprovided with a concave seatat the end thereof adapted to receive thebent portion of said springiinger and to abut the end of said upperroller,

2. In a cigar-machine, the combination of three main rollers, one ofwhich is located midway between the other two but in a higher plane,companion conical rollers for said main rollers, respectively, andhaving converging ends, a ball-and-socket connection between each ofsaid main rollers and its companion conical roller, a properly-mountedspring-finger whose lower extremity is bent and forms a support for theupper conical roller, two fixed brackets or supports on which,respectively, the two lower conical rollers are mounted, a springfastened at one end to a fixed support and a block mounted on the freeend of said spring and provided with a concave seat at the end thereofadapted to receive the bent portion of said spring-linger and to abutthe end of said upper conical roller, said block being located beneathsaid upper conical roller and between the lower conical rollers,substantially as shown.

3. In a cigar-machine, the combination of three rollers with convergingends, one of said rollers being located midway between the `other tworollers but in a higher plane, a properly-lncunted spring-finger whoselower extremity is bent and forms a support for said upper roller, twofixed brackets or supports on which, respectively, said two lowerrollers are mounted, a spring fastened at one end to a fixed support anda curved tapering block mounted on the free end of said spring andprovided with a concave seat at the end thereof adapted t'o receive thebent portion of said spring-linger and to abut the end of said upperroller, said block being located beneath said upper roller and betweensaid lower rollers, substantially as specified.

4. In a cigar-machine, the combination of three main rollers, one ofwhich is located midway between the other two but in a higher plane,companion conical rollers foi-said main rollers, respectively, andhaving converging ends, a ball-and-socket connection lbetween each ofsaid main rollers and its companion conical roller, a p roperly-mou ntedspring-iinger whose lower extremity is bent and forms a support for theupper conical roller, two xed brackets or supports on which,respectively, the two lower conical rollers are mounted, a springfastened at one end to a fixed support and a curved tapering blockmounted on the free end of said spring and provided with a concave seatat the end thereof adapted to receive the bent portion of saidspringfinger and to abut the end of said upper conical roller, saidblock being located beneath said upper conical roller and between saidlower conical rollers, substantially as de-` scribed.

5. In a cigar-machine, the combination of two fixed rotatable mainrollers located in the same plane and one rotatable main roller somounted as to be midway between them in a higher plane, apivotallymounted handle adapted to move said upper rotatable main rollerfrom its said position, a spring-rod ex- IOO IIO

tending from said handle parallel with theV axis of the upper mainroller, a companion conical roller for each of said three main rollersand connected to the same, respectively, by a ball-and-socket joint,said conical rollers converging at their outer ends, brackets adapted tosupport the smaller ends of the two lower conical rollers, a ngermounted on the outer end of the spring-rod and having its lower end bentand engaging lthe outer end of the upper conical roller', a springfastened at one end to a fixed support and a block mounted on the freeend of said spring and `prov-'ided with a concave seat adapted toreceive the lower bentvend of said finger and to abut the outer end ofthe upper conical roller, saidblock being located beneath the. upperconical roller and between the two lower conical rollers, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature z in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS E. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

WARREN R. PERoE5 HOWARD A. LAMPREY.

